Washing-machine.



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WASHING MACHINE. APPLICATION riLED MAR. 20. 1915.

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following is a NEVVENS N. NUNN, OF MAPLEWOOD,

MISSOURI, ASS IGNOR TO THE ALME'I'AL MAN'U- FACTURING COMPANY, OFMAPLEWOOD, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed March 20, 1915. Serial No. 15,939.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEVVENS N. NUNN, avcitizen of the United States,residing at Maplewood, St. Louis county, Missouri, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in VVashing-Machines, of which thefull-, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which-- My invention relates to washing machines ofthe type disclosed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 566,885, dated September1, 1896, wherein a boiler, which is equipped with a manually operatedclothes pounder, is combined with a laundry stove or heater, theprincipal object of my invention being to generally improve upon andsimplify the construction of this particular type of washin-g machine,and to provide certainnovel features of construction which will renderthe machine more effective in use and reduce toa minimum the labor andfuel expense incident to the laundrying operations.

Furtherobjectsof my invention are, to

. provide the boiler with pounding or rubbing members which arecorrugated in order to materially increase their clothes engagingsurfaces, and consequently increasing the efliciency of said pounding orrubbing members; to arrange the bearing for the pounder carrying rod ata point substantially above the top of the boiler so that the waterwithin the boiler cannot come in contact with said bearing, which actionwould result in discoloration of the water; to provide a readilyremovable rubbing member in the lower portion of the boiler againstwhich the clothes are pressed by the pounder during the washingoperation, and further, to provide a removable member for the upperendof the stove, which member receives the lower portion of the boiler,and said removable member being provided with a removable plate whichserves as a support for flat irons while the same are being heated.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts,hereinafter more fully described,

claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings, in whic Figure 1 is avertical sectional view taken through the center of a wasbing machineofmy improved construction. "f is a horizontal section taken approx 0 line2.2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is tional view of the boiler holding member whichis removably positioned in the upper portion of the stove and showingthe removable plate in the bottom of said member. Fig. 4 is a plan viewof the bottom of the boiler andshOWing) the retaining means for thecorrugated rub ing member which is positioned within said boiler. Fig. 5is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximately on the line 5-5ofFig. 1.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 10 designatesthe-body of the stove, the same being in the form of a verticallydisposed cylinder provided in its bottom with a grate 11 below which ispositioned a removable ash pan 12.

A firing door 13 normally closes an opening in the lower portion ofthefront of the stove and leading from the upper rear portion of the body10 is a pipe 14 for conveying off the smoke and products of combustion.

Projecting inwardly from the upper portion of the body 10 of the stoveisa series of brackets 15 which serve as supportsfor the lower end of apan-shaped member 16, the same being provided with a large circularopening 17 in its bottom and having an outwardly projecting flange 18 atits upper edge which is adapted to rest on the upper edge of the body10.

A removable plate 19 is adapted to close the opening inthe bottom of themember 16, which plate is in the nature of an ordinary stove lid.

The boiler 20 of my improved machine is preferably constructed of sheetmetal in cylindrical form and tapered slightly toward its lower end,which latter portion is of such size as to fit snugly within the member16. The upper portion of the boiler is adapted to be closed by a cover21 in the center of which is formed an opening 22.

Fixed to the central portion of the cover 21 and projecting upwardlytherefrom is a bracket 23 provided at its upperend with a touch the edgeof the cover around opening 22. Fixed;

is pi'votally connected one en'diiof 2fl-'='hand lever 27, the, sameextending across the top of the'iboil'er' and being fpiv'otallyconnected to the rod 25. There is suflicient play inth pivotal'coiinectioli betfween the lever 27-l and rod 25";to' permit }-th e'lat'ter to-move freel th1-ou h-. its bea iing 94 a vibrated airwhichr-may be pped in'the -uppei' p'o tion' ofitlie mei'ri'ber'QIt'iuringfit downw permits aim to i elite movement ,i nd-11k p p theupper 'portie he pdundingiinen-iber' during; itsfldowiiward movement,andfltheoverlying portions, @31 of disk '30 prevents the air outletopenirigs'z m b i g Closed by theolotheswithinthemachine during the soas to increase its eflectiveness when the upward 'moveme'nt' ofithepounding mem'-' ber. The pounding member-28 and-.1 disk 30 arepreferably constructed of sheet metal or like material. Q

Removably positioned within the "toner I 20 and'up'on the bottom thereofis afr'usto-' I conical rubbing member 32' which is con-" structed ofsheet metaljor analogous'niate rial, "said member beingradiallycorrugated clothes'are forced downward onto its'top surface by thepounder 28 ,and'said rubbing member is held in' fixed position in thebottom of the boiler-by means of a look ing member, the same comprisinga ring 33 which bears on top of the member 32, an'd" said ring beingprovided with a depending.-

portion 34' on which is" formed a pair, 'of

oppositely disposed outwardly "projecting.

Fixed on the central fportion "of botinwardly projecting oppositelyinclined fianges 3 7.1 -Openings 38 are' provided beinsertion of the"lugs :35 carried by the looking member and wlie'n'the latter isrotatedapproximately a quarter turn, said lugs bear 22 The. r mre d ame er aofs deliefithe wet- 2 is ePPSt or standard '26,"t'o ""the "upper-"end ofwhich hand lever isf i locking-member cam 1 v "34 and when {it'- is;desired to cleanfth'e' in: gterior of the boiler, said? locking membercan be readily detached" to permit the .tlifboi lx, .therebv heating thewater there; inf The"' cl'othes to be Washed are placed in the -WQtEPKAWltlIlII i313118 boiler and distributed over the top ofmember 32.(Theoperator ow manuallyijengages haiidl'ever 3? moval'of'th'erubbing-"member;

'" ,When itjis desired toheat flatirons o "heat water inacomparativelyismall r'ecep tacle,"the plate 19I'ispositioned idthelowerportion ofmember -16, thus" providing 'a"- flat surface of ample areawhich is directly a'cted 1 by the "heatfrom the fire within 7? thestove'forming a part'ofmyimproved apparatus. Thus," it will? be seenthat "I 'have combinedin a single structure, a laundry stove,'a Washingmachine, and-a boiler which structure is comparatively'simple, -can a beeasily and cheaply manufactured, is time and labor saving, andparticularly e'c'onomi cal in poin offfuelconsumption.

It "will be readily understood'that m changes in the size, form andconst ti 1' -.1 of the various parts of my improved device can be madeand substituted for thoseiherein shown and described," withoutfdepartingI V from'the spirit of 'my invention', the scope "of. which'is setiforthin the iappended claim.

I claim:

"In a washing machine, a i b'oiler,'a'ffrust' y v p p p conical rubbingmember positioned on the tween the ends of these flanges to permit thebottom" thereof, therebeing n pen f flanges, and a locking member forthe rub- In testimony whereof I hereunto afix my bing member, whichlocking member comsignature in the presence of two witnesses, 10 prfiesa ring gdapteg. ti) bear on tap of gaid this 15th day of March, 1915. rumg mem er, a o y portion epen mg 5 from said ring, and lugs on said bodypor- NEVVENS NUNN' tion which are adapted to engage beneath Witnesses:the flanges of the ring on the bottom of the M. P. SMITH, boiler to lockthe rubbing member thereto. M. A. HONDEL.

